Oak trees have been around for more than 50 million years, with individual trees easily living 1,000 years. One of the oldest oak trees in the U.S. is believed to be at least 2,624 years old. The ...

Waiting until the leaves drop in fall is a rule of thumb for pruning shade trees, mainly because you can see bare limbs better, and the job is less “messy” without leaves attached to the cut branches.

Winter is the perfect time to prune oak trees. Oak trees are special for many reasons: they’re Iowa’s state tree, they’re important to our ecosystem and — they shouldn’t be pruned during the spring ...

Winter can be harsh on trees that have been planted within the last five years. Learn how to give young trees the special ...

Making Flush Cuts That Kill Trees Slowly Most homeowners think they're doing their trees a favor when they trim branches ...

Your photo taken near the soil line shows how serious this damage is. There are no conducting tissues left around most of the trunk. It’s time for a replacement. If you decide to plant another oak, a ...

DEAR NEIL: One of my five oak trees is having this problem and I’m wondering what I should do. I hope it’s not a disease that could spread to my other trees. Thanks for any advice you can give me.

The bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) is a noble native tree. This oak has large (5- to 9-inch-long), dark-green leaves. The base fiddle-shaped leaves have deep, rounded sinuses. The acorns are most ...

Q: I have a house in Houston. Does blooming of tropical trees like Bauhinia, Erythrina and Tabebuia depend on their age or size? I plant these trees in the ground. They freeze. They come back but they ...